The Women Behind Team Armstrong

Oct. 11, 2012 9:59 p.m. ET

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Betsy Andreu – After Lance Armstrong found out that Betsy Andreu, wife of his former teammate Frankie Andreu, had told British journalist David Walsh about the hospital room incident, he purportedly went on the offensive. "I know Betsy is not a fan and that's fine," Armstrong said in a December 2003 email posted in USADA's report attributed to the cyclist. "But by helping to bring me down is not going to help y'alls situation at all, there is a direct link to all of our success here and I suggest you remind her of that," he wrote, according to USADA.
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Haven Parchinski– A 2002 email from Tyler Hamilton's former wife to Betsy Andreu describes the close conditions under which the USPS team lived and trained in Spain: "You should see it here in Girona - grand central station," she wrote. "You can't go outside without seeing a wife, a rider, a girlfriend, a soigneur, a director, a team car. … You run into people you know all the time."
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Kristin Armstrong – Former Armstrong teammate Jonathan Vaughters said in an affidavit that Kristin Armstrong, now the ex-wife of Lance Armstrong, referred to the synthetic blood-boosting hormone EPO as "butter," because the banned drug was kept in the couple's refrigerator. The code word, according to Vaughters's testimony, was used as a precaution against French law enforcement. Kristin Armstrong could not be reached for comment.
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Sheryl Crow – The pop singer, who dated Armstrong during his final two Tour de France wins, agreed to be interviewed by federal investigators, according to two people familiar with the matter. These people said Crow knew many details about doping on the team and was helpful in the investigation. Both Crow and Kristin Armstrong refused to cooperate with USADA's investigation, these people say, and to provide affidavits about their possible knowledge of doping on the team.
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Dede Barry – One night, after getting his first injection of EPO, former Armstrong teammate David Zabriskie talked with teammate Michael Barry and his wife Dede "about EPO and its wide use in the pelaton," according to Zabriskie's affidavit. Michael and Dede "proceeded to come up with justifications for the drug use." Michael Barry confessed to drug use in his affidavit. Dede Barry could not be reached for comment.
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Odessa Gunn – After learning that former Armstrong teammate Levi Leipheimer had testified to a federal grand jury in California, Armstrong sent a text message to Leipheimer's wife, Odessa Gunn, telling her to "run don't walk," according to Leipheimer's affidavit. Leipheimer said he found the message "threatening." Gunn could not be reached for comment.
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